The figures below are aggregates derived from public victimisation data and are comparative against the NZ Area-Unit average — not an official assessment of any place, business, or person. Counts below 6 are suppressed to protect privacy. Read our methodology & terms and privacy notice.
// Summary
Dunstan is an Area Unit in Central Otago District covering 5079.60 km2. Across the most recent 53-month window, the published victimisation data lists 268 reported victimisations here — an average of 5.1 per month, which is 0.4× the national area-unit average.
The most common reported offence type in Dunstan is theft (111 reports). Year-on-year reports rose 62.8% compared with the prior 12 months.
An indicative national-average social-cost rollup applied to this area is $3.4M — derived by multiplying offence counts by NZ Treasury / NZIER per-offence average cost estimates. This is a comparison index, not an actual loss for Dunstan.
// Where crime happens
- Dwelling N.F.D.29.5%
- Dwelling Outbuilding17.0%
- Dwelling Land15.9%
- Agricultural9.1%
- Agricultural Outbuilding8.0%